HIV type 1 gag genetic diversity among antenatal clinic attendees in North Rift Valley, Kenya

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 523-526

  Nyagaka, Benuel ^a   Kiptoo, Michael K ^b   Lihana, Raphael W ^b,c   Khamadi, Samoel A ^b   Makokha, Ernest P ^d   Kinyua, Joyceline G ^b   Mwangi, Joseph ^b   Osman, Saida ^b   Lagat, Nancy J ^b   Muriuki, Joseph ^b   Okoth, Vincent ^b   Gicheru, Michael ^e   Ng'ang'a, Zipporah ^f   Songok, Elijah M ^b,g  

^a Gusii Institute of Technology   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Centers for Disease Control   (Kenya)

^e KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^f JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GAG PROTEIN;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS MUTATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GAG GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; GENETIC VARIATION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84860489082     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2011.0223     Document Type: Article

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